11 – School Hard: It Was the Worst of Times

<p>In this episode of Not Without My Sister, we take a walk down memory lane and discuss our secondary school experiences. Beatrice's seemed largely (if you'll excuse the pun) around her great stature and a traumatic P.E. experience, while Rosemary was more preoccupied with boys (shocker) and why her teachers didn't want to be her best friends.</p><br><p>There are a <em>lot </em>of references, weirdly, in this episode – perhaps because it's about education. Who knows! Anyway, in case anything piqued your interest . . .</p><br><p><a href="https://ideas.ted.com/why-do-so-many-incompetent-men-become-leaders-and-what-can-we-do-about-it/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Tomas Chamarro Premuzic's TED Talk</a> (again)</p><p><a href="https://wondery.com/shows/dr-death/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Death on Wondery</a></p><p>Joe Rogan – <a href="http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/whitney-cummings-annie-lederman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the episode we listened to, FYI, was this one</a>. If you'd like to listen and discuss it, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/notwithoutmysister" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DM us on Instagram</a>!</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7ydBWzs9BSRh97tsCjOhby" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The H3 Podcast</a>, as recommended by Don</p><p><a href="https://meetyourmaker.ie/episodes/don-bluth-in-ireland-s1!56f22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meet Your Maker's episode on Don Bluth's trip to Ireland</a> to set up an animation studio on our fair isle</p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/3iHdYDW" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Anne of Green Gables</a></p><p>The full collection of <a href="https://amzn.to/3iu5VKV" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jane Austen</a></p><p><a href="http://www.antsnathaidmhor.com/shop-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jimín Mháire Thaidhg</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Triail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>An Triail</